Barrel-ventilator.



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(Application led Jan. 2, 1900.)

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`NITED STATES PATENT BARREL-VENTILATO R.

SPCFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,247, dated May 8,1900.

Application tiled January 2, 1900. Serial No. 3Q. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MATHIAs HUsTER MANN, of the city of Washington,county of Franklin, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements iny Barrel- Ventilators, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof;

This invention relates to barrel-ventilators; and it consists of thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The object of this invention is to provide a device by means of whichthe air may be allowed to pass into and out of the barrel, while at thesame time preventing the passage of insects, dust, the., into thebarrel.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View of a barrel, showing mydevice applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional viewshowing th-e arrangement of the different parts. Fig. 3 is a top planview with the lid closed, and Fig. 4 is aview with the l id open.

Inconstructing this device I provide a'tube 1,1ianged at one end 2 andsoldered or otherwise suitably secured to a plate 3. The plate 3 isturned upwardly at its sides, forming wings or sides 4. The wingsllatone end are made to support at a suitable height above the plate 3 ahinge-rod 5, to which is pivoted one end of a door or lid 6 of a lengthslightly longer than the plate 3. The said lid is of such a width thatit tits closely between the wings I and rests at its free end upon theplate 3. The pivoted end 7 of the door bent around the rod 5 is in suchclose proximity to the plate 3 that insects cannot pass between the twowhen the lid isclosed.

Through the plate 3 in vertical alinement with the passage through thetube 1 is an aperture 8, and secured to the plate 3 over the saidaperture is a piece of retieulated material 9, so closely Woven thatinsects cannot pass therethrough. Instead of making the l rel.

arrangement would answer the same purpose. 5o

In use the device is applied to a barrel, as

shown in Fig. 1, with the tube 1 projecting into an aperture in one endof the said barany dust from settling down upon the reticulated materialand passing down into the barrel. However, any gas formed in the barrelmay pass upwardly through the tube 1 and as the lid does not bind inanyway may raise the same slightly and escape, thereby avoiding anydanger of the bursting of the barrel.

Adevice of this kind is simple, is found to be useful, no great cost isinvolved in its con-Y struction, and is perfectly operative.

I claim- 1. A ventilator for barrels and the like comprising a platehaving vertical sides integral therewith, a tube secured to said plate,a reticulated entrance to said tube through the said plate, and a meanscarried by the said plate between the said vertical sides for preventinginsects, dust, dac., from reaching the said entrance, substantially asspeciied.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a plate having verticalsides integral therewith, a tube attached to said plate, a reticulatedentrance to said tube through the said plate, and a door or lidpivotally carried by the said plate between the vertical sides forprevent-ing insects, dust, the., from reaching the said entrance andwhich door allows the The lid 6 is closed, and this prevents air to passinto and out of the barrel, when

